Reply to the letter to the Editor: “N‐Acetyltransferases and the susceptibility to benzidine‐induced bladder carcinogenesis”

Tania Carre on*, Fred F. Kadlubar, Avima M. Ruder, Paul A. Schulte, Richard B. Hayes, Martha Waters, Delores J. Grant, Robert Boissy, Douglas A. Bell, George P. Hemstreet III, Songnian Yin, Grace K. LeMasters and Nathaniel Rothman National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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